Turn-table.



J. L. SMITH.

` TURN TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAM, 1913.

Ppented 0013.7, 1913.

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J. L. SMITH.

TURN TABLE. APPLICATION IILBDMAYZ, 1913.

1,975,230. Patented 0@t.7,1913.

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NETE@ STATES! ATENF @FFME JOHN L. SMITH, OF WARTBURG, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE F. LYMAN, OF HARRMAN, TENNESSEE.

TURN-TABLE.

Original application led May 15, 1911, Serial No. 627,338.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 765,047.

To all 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at lWai-tburg, in the county of Morgan and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in of which the following is a specification, reference being 'had to the accompanying drawmg.

My improvement relates particularly to turn-tables designed to be supported by and movable on a railway track for handling cars, particularly mine cars, contractors7 cars, and similar small cars.

The object of the improvement is to provide a turn-table which may be detachably applied to any portion of a railroad track, the turn-table being preferably ot' proper gage to operate cars brought to the turntable on said track. The mechanism comprises means for engaging the rails of such railroad track at any point on the latter, so that the turn-table may be placed upon suoli track and moved from place to place upon said track and secured at each such place to said rails and operated at such place as long as desired. Such `track need not be specially constructed nor provided with any attachment to adapt it to receive the turntable; and when the turn-table has been detached from the track and removed to another place on the track or removed altogether from said track, the latter is left precisely as it was before the turn-table was brought to suoli place and there secured to said track. In view of these facts, said turntable may be regarded as a vtemporary at tachment to said track. For convenience in description, said track is Eherein termed the lixed track while the track section on the turn-table is called the turn-table track. But such term, fixed, is to be regarded as relative only; for the track to which the turn-table is attached may be portable. lt is fixed usually while the turn-table is used thereon.

The apparatus comprises a horizontal, flat base which is secured to `the iixed trac.; rails at approximately the level of the latter; and upon said base is a flat turning body oearing a turn-table track section comprising rails resting above the fixed track rails and preferably lhaving two `adjacent Iends sloping downward to approximately meet Turn-Tables,

the fixed track rails, while the opposite ends of said turn-table track rails are low enough with reference to the lixed track rails to permit the car to move from said turn-table track to lthe fixed track rails.

In the form of the apparatus shown by the drawings, 'the turn-table track is hinged to permit the dumping of cars on said track, so that the apparatus may be made to do the work of a tipple. Upon said turn-table are two horns Aor stop members for engaging the car vagainst forward movement. Said horns or stop members are adapted to be moved out vof the range or path of said car when it is desired to allow the latter to pass from the turn-table track to the fixed track when said turning body is in such position as to bring said tracks parallel to and approximately into lalinement with each other. The turn-table track vrails are preferably joined to each other by members forming a turn-table track section, and said section is preferably hinged to the turning body for tilting said section on a horizontal axis, as

y above indicated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 kis a side elevation ot' a turn-table embodying my improvement and applied to a fixed track with the turning body in proper position to bring the turn-table track section parallel to the fixed track; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same turn-table removed from the fixed track; Fig. 3 isa bottom view oi the turntable as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. l is an up- 1right section along the middle of the fixed `track with t-he turn-table applied thereto -as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an upright cross section taken along the upright axis of the turn-table as shown in Fig. 1, dotted lin-es showing the position of the turn-table rails when turned crosswise fot' the lixed track.

Referring to said drawings, 1, 1, are two ordinary track rails of a fixed track upon which the turn-table is to be placed. The cross-ties or other support for said lixed track have been omitted from the drawing. The turn-table comprises a base, Q, which is adapted vto rest upon the lixed rails, 1, and which may be of any desired form. The

drawings sho-w it in the form of a iiat metal plate approximately square and having two opposite edges resting flatwise upon the upper faces of the 'fixed track rails. Adjacent each such edge, a guide strip, 3, is secured to the lower face of said base in proper position to bear against the adjacent xed rail to prevent movement of said base crosswise of the fixed track.

Approximately midway between the fixed rails and at each side of the center of the base, 2, a locking bar, 4, is pivoted to said base by means of an upright bolt, 5, extending through said bar and said base. Said bars are of proper length to cause their ends to engage under the heads of the rails, 1, when said bars are turned so as to be at approximately right angles to said rails, whereby said base is locked or clamped to said rails. l/Vhen said locking bars are turned upon the bolts, 5, so as to bring said bars oblique to said rails, said bars are released from said rails, and said base may then be made to slide along said rails into a new position or said base may be lifted entirely from said rails. Two corresponding ends of the locking bars, 4, are coupled to a link, 6, which is shown extended beyond said base and having a hand-hold member, 7, hinged to said extended end. A ring, 8, is shown applied to said member, 7. For disengaging the locking bars, the member, 7, and the ring, 8, are pulled horizontally away from the base. When the base is pushed or pulled along the fixed track, the lower face of the base rests slidably upon the upper faces of the fixed rails and the guide strips, 3, bear slidingly against the inner faces of said rails. Extending centrally through the base, 2, is an upright king bolt, 9, and supported on top of the base, 2, and penetrated by the bolt, 9, is a flat metallic plate, 10, constituting a turning body of the turntable, and this plate is shown of about the same dimensions as the base, 2. Between the plate, 10, and the base, 2, is a smaller plate, 11, which serves to separate the cuter portions of the plate, 10, and the base, 2, to avoid undue friction and also to avoid engagement between the bolts, 5, and the body plate, 10.

Upon the upper face of the body, 10, and near the opposite edges of the latter, side bars, 12, are located and secured to said body. Two adjacent ends of said bars are extended beyond the adjacent end of said body, 10, as indicated at 13, and a rod or shaft, 14, extends horizontally through said ends so as to be transverse to said bars.

At the outer side of each bar, 12, and parallel thereto a turn-table track rail, 15, rests upon the body, said rails being spaced from each other the same distance as said fixed track rails are spaced from each other. Said turn-table track rails are tapered or sloped downward at one end, as indicated at 16, so as to approach the head of the corresponding fixed track rail, said ends extending a short distance away from the adjacent edge of the body, 10; and said ends are connected by a rod, 16a. rllhe other end of each turntable rail, 15,. extends away from the correspending edge of the body, 10, and a bearing, 17, is formed on the under face of the rail near said end and receives the adjacent end of the rod or shaft, 14. rEhe ends of the rails, 15, which are adjacent the bearings, 17, each receive or terminate in a curved stop member or horn, 18, in line with and pivo-ted to said rail on a line which extends longitudinally through said rail. The purpose of said stop member or horn is to engage the car entering upon the turn table from the opposite end of the latter. At the outer side of and parallel to each turn-table rail, 15, is a rod. 19, resting in a bearing, 20, on the side of the rail and in an eye, 22, on said horn, the portion, 21, of said rod adjacent said horn being curved in conformity to the curvature of the horn. A handle, 28, is hinged to the opposite end of said rod on an axis which is horizontal when the curved end of said rod is -in the upright position, and when said rod is in such position, the free end of said handle may drop by gravity and rest upon the ground. When said handle is raised into the upright position, it may be turned outward so as to turn the rod, 19, in the proper direction to turn the curved end of said rod outward and cause said rod to similarly turn said stop member or horn. Such movementshould proceed until the horn is in or below the horizontal position and outof the path of the wheels of a car moving forward upon thevturntable track rails. l

rlhe position of the body which brings the turn-table track rails parallel to and above the fixed track rails may be regarded as the normal position of the body; while the upright position of the stop members or horns and the horizontal position of the turn-table track rails may be regarded, respectively, as the normal positions of said members. The turn-table being placed upon and locked to the fixed track rails at the desired place, and the several parts of the turn-table being in their normal positions, the car to be dumped is moved forward toward the sloping ends of the turn-table rails and pushed upon the latter until the forward wheels of the car engage the stop members or horns, 18. Now the body is turned upon its upright axis (the king bolt, 9) until the turn-table track section, comprising the turn-table rails, 15, and the bar, 16a, and the horns, 18, is tilted by moving the rear end upward and the forward end downward to an angle which will permit the flowing of the load through the end of the car, which, as is customary, is provided with an end gate.

After the car has been dumped, the turntable track section is returned into the hori-v.

Zontal or normal position, and the body is turned to restore the turn-table track section into parallel relation with the fixed tr ck. Then the car may be withdrawn by moving it backward over the tapering or sloping aortions, 16, or the stop members or horns, 18, may be turned sidewise out of the path of the wheels by the aid of the hand levers, 23, in the manner above described. lWhen the horns, 18, are thus disposed, the car may be moved forward over the forward ends of the turn-table rails, 15, to the fixed track rails, 1. Then a second loaded car may be moved forward into position upon the turn-table for emptying as the first car was emptied. Thus any number 'of cars may be moved forward to the chosen dumping place on a fixed track and there dumped and moved forward beyond said place.

It is to be observed that this apparatus is also adapted to be moved to the end of a fixed track for dumping over such end, the base of the turn-table being moved near enough for such purpose, to the end of the fixed track and there secured. Furthermore, it is to be observed that the turn-table structure is so low as to bring the turn-table rails so nearly the level of the fixed rails as to permit cars to pass over the turn-table without discharging their loads, to places forward of the turn-table. This may be vdesirable when some of the cars contain material which is to be dumped and other cars contain material which is not to be dumped. It is also to be observed that when the turntable track is transverse to the lixed track, a car may be run from the turn-table track upon any adjacent surface or track positioned to receive said car.

This application is a division of my application, Serial No. (327,338, filed May 15th, 1911, for Letters-Patent for an improvement in tipples.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means for locking the base to said track rails, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body, substantially as described.

2. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means for locking the base to said track rails, a turning body on said base, and rails and stop mechanism on said body, substantially as described.

3. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means for locking the base to said track rails, turning a body on said base, rails on said body and stop mechanism applied to said rails, substantially as described. n

4. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails on said body, and stop mechanism applied to said rails, said stop mechanism being movable into and out of the path of the wheels of cars traversing said rails, substantially as described.

5. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails on said body, stops pivoted to the ends of said rails, and means for moving the stops into and out of the path of the wheels of a car moving on said rails, substantially as described.

G. In a structure ofthe nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails on said body, stops pivoted to the ends of said rails on an axial line extending lengthvise through the rails, and means for turning the stops upon said axial line into and out of the path of the wheels of a car moving on said rails, substantially as described.

7. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails and stop mechanism on said body, and shafts for actuating said stop mechanism, substantially as described.

8. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails on said body, stops applied to said rails, and shafts for actuating said stops, substantially as described.

9. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails on said body, stops pivoted to the ends of said rails, and shafts for turning said stops, substantially as described.

10. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means located below said base for engaging said rails and locking said base thereto, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body, substantially as described.

11. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means pivoted to the under side of said base for engaging said rails and locking said base thereto, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body substantially as described.

12. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means pivoted to the under side of said base for engaging said rails and locking said base thereto, a link secured to said pivoted means, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body, substantially as described.

13. In a structure of the nature described, the combination ot' a base adapted to rest on track rails, means pivoted to the under side of said base for engaging said rails and locking said base thereto, a link secured to said pivoted means for actuating the latter, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body, substantially as described.

111. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, guide members on said base, means for locking said base to said rails, a turning body on said base, and track rails on said body, substantially as described.

15. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, guide members on said base, means for locking the base to said rails, a turning body on said base, and rails and stop mechanism on said body, substantially as described.

16. In a structure of the nature described, the combination ot a base adapted to rest on track rails, means for locking the base to said track rails, a turning body on said base, and rails on said body, said rails sloping downward at adjacent ends, substantially as described.

17. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, and rails and stop mechanism on said body, said rails sloping downward at adjacent ends, substantially as described.

18. In a structure of the nature described, thev combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, and stops applied to said rails, substantially as described.

19. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on said body and having adjacent ends slopingV downward, and stops applied to said rails, said stops being movable into and out of the path of the wheels of cars traversing said rails, substantially as described. p

20. In a structure ot' the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on the body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, stops pivoted to the ends of said rails, and means for moving the stops into and out of the path of the wheels of a car moving on said rails, substantially as described. j

21. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on thebody and having adjacent ends sloping downward, stops pivoted to the ends of said rails on an aXial line extending lengthwise through the rails, and means for turning the stops upon said axial line into and out of the path of the wheels of a car moving on said rails, substantially as described.

, 22. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails and stop mechanism on said body, adjacent ends of said rails sloping downward, and shafts for actuating said stop mechanism, substantially as described. f

23. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, stops applied to said rails, and shafts for actuating said stops, substantially as described.

24. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on a track, means for locking the base to said track, a turning body on said base, rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, stops pivoted to the other ends of said rails, and shafts for turning said stops, substantially as described.

25. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means located below said base tor engaging said rails and locking said base thereto a turning body on said base, and rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, substantially as described. Y

26. In a structure of the nature described,

the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, means pivoted to the under side of said base for engaging said rails and locking said base thereto, a turning body on said base, and rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, substantially as described. 27. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, guide members on said base, means for locking said base to said rails, a turning body on said base, and track rails located on said body and having adjacent ends sloping downward, substantially as described.

28. In a structure of the nature described, the combination of a base adapted to rest on track rails, guide members on said base,

means for locking the base to said rails, a ing' downward at adjacent ends, Substanturning body on said base, and rails and tialiy as described.

Stop mechanism on said body, said rails hav- In testimony whereoi:1 I have signed my ing adjacent ends sloping downward, subname, in presence of two witnesses, this 19th 5 stantially as described. day of April, in the year one thousand nine 15 Q9. In a structure o the nature described, hundred and thirteen. the combination of a base adapted to rest JOI-IN L. SMITH. on track rails, means for locking the base Witnesses: to said track rails, a turning body on said Gno. F. LYMAN, l0 base, and rails on said body, said rails slop- SAM F. CARTER.

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